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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Hellenistic Monarchies| > |Macedonian Kingdom| > GB82539
Macedonian Kingdom, Kassander, 319 - 297 B.C.
|Macedonian| |Kingdom|, |Macedonian| |Kingdom,| |Kassander,| |319| |-| |297| |B.C.|, Antipater's son but not his heir, Kassander seized power in 317 B.C. He had no intention of surrendering rule to Alexander's son, who was to be king when he came of age. In 311 B.C., Kassander had Alexander's young son and the boy's mother, Roxane, murdered. In 305 B.C., he declared himself king of Macedonia. Kassander restored peace and prosperity to the kingdom, while founding or restoring numerous cities (including Thessalonica, Cassandreia, and Thebes). He was, however, so ambitious, unscrupulous, and ruthlessness that even members of his own family were estranged from him.
GB82539. Bronze AE 18, SNG Munchen 1019; SNG Cop 1151, Choice VF, Macedonia, Pella or Amphipolis mint, weight 5.459g, maximum diameter 17.9mm, die axis 270o, 305 - 297 B.C.; obverse head of (Alexander as) Herakles right wearing lion skin head dress; reverse KAΣΣANΔPOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, horseman riding right, grapes below; nice patina, well centered and struck; SOLD











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